"Nintendo owners were left in the dark last year, wondering if their beloved Wii would ever get the hardcore games it so rightfully deserves. If you feel this way then you have something to look forward to with Platinum Games, MadWorld. Platinum Games is creating a game that no one would expect to come to the Wii due to its over-the-top violence and overall aesthetic design choice. Hopefully, MadWorld gives me an excuse to blow the dust off my Wii and fall in love with it all over again."
"Think of the most gruesome weapon-based death you can. Think of something so sadistic you can't imagine it being replicated in a game. Now stop. Play Madworld. If the tools that you imagining using are hanging about, you can probably carry out your sick fantasy."
Rich Knight from Blend Games gives his hands-on impressions for the Wii's ultra-violent action game, Mad World. He mostly has positive things to say except for that the game becomes repetitively rather quickly.
"Ive seen Madworld a few times, but this was the first time I had the chance to go hands-on with the game, and that really made all the difference. To bring you up to speed, the game takes place on the set of a deadly television show, with a definite nod to Smash TV or The Running Man. Youre just trying to stay alive and earn cash, achieved by killing fellow contestants in increasingly brutal ways. Levels play out as medium-sized open-world arenas that increase in size as you cause more carn..."
"When we think about the library of games on Nintendo consoles, the word ultra-violence rarely creeps up. Sure, Ill recognize that there are a handful of exceptions to that rule on the Wii. Well, maybe two: RE4 and Manhunt 2. And considering that the latter barely managed to release on the console, we have to wonder what the team at PlatinumGames (formerly Clover Studios) is thinking when they decide to make a game that rewards players that impale, crush, and then chainsaw the guts of their..."

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